CHESTNUT

n. Che t'nust. Gr., (cacrraros (1st def.), Katrravia, (2ddef.). Lat., castanea. Fr.,chdtaigne.marron. Ger., Kastanie, Marone. It., castagna. Sp., castana. 1. The Castanea vulgar is. 2. Its fruit. [B.] 3. In the pi., c's, round or oval plates of horny epithelium on the inner surface of the forearm, above the carpal joint, in the Equidce. and near the upper extremity of the inner face of the metatarsus. [L, 121.] American c. The Castanea vulgar is, var. american a. [B, 5.] Antilles c. The Cupania american a. [B, 275.] Cape c. 1. IheBrabejum stell at i folium. 2. The Calo dendron capense. [B, 185, 275.] C. chocolate. A preparation official in the Dutch Ph., 1805 (Niemann's notes); made of ten or twelve chestnuts, torrefied and pounded and triturated with a little milk. The whole ma is then boiled with a pound of milk and pa ed through a sieve. To it are added 1 Ib. of milk and a sufficient quantity of cinnamon and sugar, and the whole ma is again boiled together. [L, 162 (a, 21).] C.-leaves. Lat., castanea [U. S. Ph.], folia castanea}. Fr., feuilles de cMtaignicr. Ger., Kastanienbldtter. It., foglie di castagno. Sp., hojas de castano. The leaves of Castanea vulgar is. [B, 5.] C.-oak. The Quercus castanea; also the timber of Quercus se iliflora. [B, 19.] C.- too; U2, blue; U8, lull; U4, full; U5, urn; U6, like u (German). [s. 221]